Joe Quarterman (or Sir Joe Quarterman And Free Soul), also known as Sir Joe Quarterman and sometimes misspelled as Joe Quatermain is an American funk and

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singer. Quarterman earned the title "Sir" in high school. His single, "(I Got) So Much Trouble in My Mind", was also his biggest, reaching the R&B Top 30 in 1973, and was featured on the radio station Master Sounds 98.3 in '' Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas''. After leaving the music industry, Quarterman earned a degree in

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. His song "I'm Gonna Get You" was later featured on the breakbeat compilation ''

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''. Sir Joe is from

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, then known as funk land before later being renamed

Go-Go Go-go is a subgenre of funk music with an emphasis on specific rhythmic patterns, and live audience call and response. Go-go was originated by African-American musicians in the Washington, D.C. area during the mid-60s to late-70s. Go-go has l ...

land, where the hit maker

Chuck Brown Charles Louis Brown (August 22, 1936 – May 16, 2012) was an American guitarist, bandleader and singer known as " The Godfather of Go-Go". Go-go is a subgenre of funk music developed around the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area in the mid-197 ...

and the Soul Searchers were amongst the rival bands that played alongside Sir Joe Quarterman and the free soul. During the 1970s there were countless bands in the D.C. metro area.

Discography

* ''Sir Joe Quarterman & Free Soul'' (1973)

External links

List of songs that sample work by Sir Joe Quarterman
Living people American funk singers American soul singers Year of birth missing (living people) Singers from Washington, D.C. {{US-music-bio-stub